Synthesis
Subtitle: legal reading, reasoning, and writing
By: Deborah A. Schmedemann, Professor of Law; Christina L. Kunz, Emerita Professor of Law ; both of William Mitchell College of Law
Contributors: Kunz, Christina L., author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Aspen coursebook series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781454808657
Subjects: Legal composition; Law; Interpretation and construction; Forensic oratory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the lawyer's role and the legal system; title: Legal rules; title: Reading cases; title: Reading statutes; title: Reading commentary; title: Legal reasoning; title: Writing legal analysis; title: The analytical office memo; title: Advisory writing : the advice letter; title: Persuasive writing : the demand letter; title: Persuasion in the law; title: Written advocacy : the motion practice memorandum; title: Written advocacy : the appellate brief; title: Oral advocacy.